Action Burza

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Award for participating in the Burza campaign

The Operation Tempest ( Polish Akcja Burza ; Burza means something like "storm") was a military operation of the Polish Home Army in 1944 , shortly before the invasion of Soviet troops on the territory of the second Republic of Poland .

Fighters of the Polish AK underground army during the "Burza" campaign in Lublin on June 1, 1944

target

The aim of the operation was to weaken or drive away the German units preparing for defense through military actions and sabotage and to deprive the advancing Soviet troops of the opportunity to establish a pro-Soviet government in Poland.

The main directives were:

  • End the German occupation
  • Organize weapons for a regular Polish army
  • to rebuild a regular Polish army
  • rebuild administration, communications and military industries
  • to ensure security and order in the liberated areas
  • to start an offensive against the Wehrmacht.

course

1944

Operations during Operation Burza

In the course of 1944 several actions took place in anticipation of the advance of the front on Polish territory:

  • Volhynia : January 15 - March 18 - April 21 - May 21
  • Podolia : March 7th - April
  • Vilnius and Nowogródek District : July 1st - July 13th
  • Vilnius Uprising (Operation Gate of Dawn ) : July 7th - July 13th
  • Białystok : July 14th - August 20th
  • Polesie : July 15 - July 30
  • Tarnopol and Lviv district : July 16 - July 26
  • Lviv uprising : July 22nd - July 27th
  • Lublin District : July 20 - July 29
  • Krakow District : July 23rd - August 30th
  • Warsaw District : July 26th - October 2nd
  • Warsaw Uprising : August 1st - October 2nd
  • Kielce-Radom district : August 1st - October 6th
  • Łódź District : August 14th - November 26th
  • Krakow District : September 21 - November 21

1945

In January 1945 there were minor military operations in the districts of Krakow, East Upper Silesia , Kielce , Warthegau , Mazovia and Danzig-West Prussia .

effectiveness

Ultimately, only the uprisings in Vilnius and Lemberg could be carried out successfully. The units were then disarmed and deported by the Soviet troops .

literature

  • Grzegorz Mazur: The »Burza« campaign. In: Bernhard Chiari (ed.): The Polish Home Army: History and myth of the Armia Krajowa since the Second World War. Oldenbourg, Munich 2003. ISBN 3-486-56715-2 .

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